Charlotte Fire Department
| Charlotte Fire Department | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Operational area | |
| Country |
 United States |
| State |
 North Carolina |
| City |
 Charlotte |
| Agency overview[1] | |
| Established | 1875 |
| Annual calls | ~ 103,000 (2014) |
| Employees | 1,180 (2015) |
| Annual budget | $110,158,486 (2015) |
| Staffing | Career |
| Fire chief | Jon B. Hannan |
| IAFF | 660 |
| Facilities and equipment[2] | |
| Battalions | 8 |
| Stations | 42 |
| Engines | 41 |
| Trucks | 15 |
| Rescues | 2 |
| Tenders | 6 |
| HAZMAT | 4 |
| USAR | 3 |
| Airport crash | 6 |
| Wildland | 5 |
| Fireboats | 1 |
| Rescue boats | 2 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
| IAFF website | |
The Charlotte Fire Department provides fire suppression, emergency medical services, technical rescue, hazardous materials mitigation, disaster response, code enforcement, fire investigations, and public education for the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.[3] The department is responsible for an area of approximately 300 square miles (780 km2) with a population of over 792,000.[3] The Charlotte Fire Department was officially formed in 1875, the Charlotte Fire Department was officially formed, although the fire service existed for decades before that.[4]
Notable Incidents
Engine Crashes
In May of 2014 the CFD made headlines when one of their fire trucks flipped over and caught fire, causing minor injuries to the four firefighters on board.[5] An investigation later determined that the driver of the fire truck had been going 44 miles per hour (71 km/h) in a 25-mile-per-hour (40 km/h) zone and that speed had been the cause of the accident.[6] Later that same year, in December of 2014, the department was once again in national news when another truck, from the same station, again crashed.[7] In this case, a mechanical failure in the suspension of the truck failed causing the crash.[8] The truck had over 12,000 engine hours at the time of the crash and according to fire chief Jon Hannan, the crash was caused "by the failure of five spring hanger bolts, which connect the frame of the truck to the axle."[8]
Stations and apparatus
As of April 2015 this is the current list of stations and apparatus for the department:[9]
| Address | Engine | Truck | Wildland | Chief | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 221 N. Myers St | Engine 1 | Ladder 1 | Battalion 1 | ||
| 2 | 1817 South Blvd | Engine 2 | Ladder 2 | |||
| 3 | 6512 Monroe Rd | Engine 3 | Rescue 3, Dive 3 | |||
| 4 | 525 N. Church St | Engine 4 | Ladder 4 | |||
| 5 | 224 Wesley Heights Wy | Engine 5 | Brush 5 | |||
| 6 | 249 S. Laurel Ave | Engine 6 | ||||
| 7 | 3210 N. Davidson St | Engine 7 | ||||
| 8 | 3210 N. Davidson St | Engine 8 | ||||
| 9 | 4529 McKee Rd | Engine 9 | Tanker 9 | |||
| 10 | 2810 Wilkinson Blvd | Engine 10 | Battalion 3 | Rescue 10, Dive 10 | ||
| 11 | 620 W. 28th St | Engine 11 | ||||
| 12 | 420 Inwood Dr | Engine 12 | ||||
| 13 | 4337 Glenwood Dr | Engine 13 | Ladder 13 | HazMat 1, HazMat 2 | ||
| 14 | 114 N. Sharon Amity Rd | Engine 14 | ||||
| 15 | 3617 Frontenac Av | Engine 15 | ||||
| 16 | 6623 Park South Dr | Engine 16 | Ladder 16 | |||
| 17 | Charlotte Douglas Airport 5308 Morris Field Dr | Engine 17 | Battalion 8 | Blaze 1, Blaze 3 Blaze 5, Blaze 7 | ||
| 18 | 2337 Keller Dr | Engine 18 | Ladder 18 | |||
| 19 | 1016 Sardis Ln | Engine 19 | ||||
| 20 | 9400 Nations Ford Rd | Engine 20 | Battalion 5 | |||
| 21 | 1023 Little Rock Rd | Engine 21 | ||||
| 22 | 1917 W. Sugar Creek Rd | Engine 22 | ||||
| 23 | 7400 E. Harris Blvd | Engine 23 | Ladder 23 | |||
| 24 | 7132 Pineville-Matthews Rd | Engine 24 | Ladder 24 | |||
| 25 | 6741 Pleasant Grove Rd | Engine 25 | Battalion 6 | |||
| 26 | 9231 S. Tryon St | Engine 26 | Ladder 26 | |||
| 27 | 111 Ken Hoffman Dr | Engine 27 | Ladder 27 | Battalion 2 | ||
| 28 | 8031 Old Statesville Rd | Engine 28 | ||||
| 29 | 2121 Margaret Wallace Rd | Engine 29 | Ladder 29 | |||
| 30 | 4707 Belle Oaks Rd | Engine 30 | ||||
| 31 | 3820 Ridge Rd | Engine 31 | Ladder 31 | |||
| 32 | 9225 Bryant Farms Rd | Engine 32 | Ladder 32 | HazMat 3 | ||
| 33 | Engine 33 | Ladder 33 | ||||
| 34 | 2824 Rocky River Rd | Engine 34 | ||||
| 35 | 1120 Pavilion Blvd | Engine 35 | ||||
| 36 | 2325 W. Mallard Creek Church Rd | Engine 36 | ||||
| 37 | 13828 S. Tryon St | Engine 37 | ||||
| 38 | 12100 Shopton Rd W | Engine 38 | ||||
| 39 | 8325 Providence Rd | Engine 39 | Battalion 7 | |||
| 40 | 9720 Harrisburg Rd | Engine 40 | Ladder 40 | |||
| 41 | Charlotte Douglas Airport 5740-B West Blvd | Blaze 41, Blaze 42 Blaze 43, Blaze 45 | ||||
| 41 | 5620 Central Ave | Engine 42 | Battalion 4 |
References
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- ↑ "FY2015 Strategic Operation Plan" (PDF). City of Charlotte. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ "Operations". Charlotte Fire Department. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "About Us". Charlotte Fire Department. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ "History". Charlotte Fire Department. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ Wickersham, Scott (8 May 2014). "Charlotte fire truck flips, catches fire; 4 firefighters injured". WSOC-TV. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ "Report: Speed caused N.C. fire truck crash". FireRescue1. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ Williford, Trish (22 December 2014). "2 fire trucks from same station overturn within months of each other". WSOC-TV. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wootson, Cleve (23 December 2014). "Charlotte Fire Department chief: Mechanical failure caused firetruck to crash". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ "Stations". Charlotte Fire Department. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
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